Southeastern, Kazoo Central to meet again

Back in December, Kalamazoo Central won at home against Detroit Southeastern 59-56. The Jungaleers will get another shot at the defending Class A champions in the final Saturday. In Friday's semis, Southeastern beat Bay City Western 53-49 while Kalamazoo Central escaped Southfield 44-42 when the smallest player on the court, 5-10 senior Daquavion Mccants-Wilson, put back a miss with 5 seconds left.

But for Southeastern it was their biggest man who made the difference, 6-9, 240-pound senior Percy Gibson. The Dayton signee was aggressive all game against Bay City Western's 6-9 bookends, junior Matt Costello and senior Brandon Havercamp.

"We wanted to front him and keep him from getting the ball, because we knew once we did we weren't going to stop him," Costello said.

Southeastern's southpaw had game highs of 22 points and 11 rebounds. He was 10-for-11 from the stripe, including the go-ahead free throws in the closing minute.

Costello, a Michigan State commitment who missed a couple minutes after injuring is ankle in the second quarter, led Bay City Western with 19 points and eight rebounds.